The history of Russia is in stories for children. Selected chapters

Alexandra Osipovna Ishimova (1804-1881) is an outstanding children"s writer and translator, one of the brightest representatives of her time, with his merits to Russia, who deserved the patronage of the royal family. "History of Russia in stories for children" is the main book of this wonderful author, which brought it all -Russian glory. Having stood six publications in the 19th century, she became truly desktop in Russian families, where parents sought to give children a worthy education.
Bright and exciting, the writer"s stories read in one breath were enthusiastically met not only by young readers of Russia, but also by famous figures of Russian culture. “The story of Ms. Ishimova is so picture, alive, fascinating, the language is so beautiful that reading her story is true pleasure,” wrote V. G. Belinsky. "Gracious Empress Alexander Osipovna. Today I accidentally discovered your story in stories and involuntarily read out. Here"s how to write! ", - A. S. Pushkin echoed him.
After almost two centuries, the stories of a talented writer are still in demand. In this publication, we reproduce the selected heads of the book, which was published in 1837-1840. The publishing house complemented the stories of Alexandra Ishimova with colorful illustrations and some comments necessary for understanding the text of the century before last for a century by modern children and adolescents